Android : set background of layout using image path

Question

I want to put an image as background of a Layout.

First I am creating a drawable : Drawable d = Drawable.createFromPath("pathToImageFile");

In API level 8 layout.setBackground( d ) is not supported AND layout.setBackgroundDrawable( d ) is deprecated so I need to use

layout.setBackgroundResource(resourceID)

how can I get resourceID of a dynamically generated drawable.I am using this method :

Drawable d = Drawable.createFromPath("pathToImageFile");

to create a drawable.

dinesh sharma · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18T09:31:20.713

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Hi use the following method

public void setBackgroundDrawable (Drawable background)

by calling

imageView.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);

Added in API level 1

EDIT: try this method

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    private void setRes(ImageView iv,Drawable drawable){
        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
            iv.setBackground(drawable);
        else
            iv.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);
    }

edited Dec 18 '13 at 09:31

answered Dec 18 '13 at 09:19

dinesh sharma

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This method is deprecated can I use it ?? In eclipse it is showing with a strike in code. – ZZeyaNN Dec 18 '13 at 09:21
this method is depricated in api level 16 up to API level 15 it will work grt – dinesh sharma Dec 18 '13 at 09:23
Thanks alot. I was also thinking of this method. But still the strike mark in eclipse is not going away. even after using `@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")` and `@SuppressLint("NewApi")` – ZZeyaNN Dec 18 '13 at 10:14
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it will show strike make because you may have updated the android sdk above 15 level so don't worry about that. – dinesh sharma Dec 18 '13 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '13 at 09:01

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Use setBackground(Drawable background) method. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setBackground(android.graphics.drawable.Drawable)

answered Dec 18 '13 at 09:01

Shashika

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Problem remains same. It also uses API level 16. – ZZeyaNN Dec 18 '13 at 09:06
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Use setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable background) from API level 1 – Shashika Dec 18 '13 at 09:09
It is deprecated so can't use now. – ZZeyaNN Dec 18 '13 at 09:15
It's deprecated in API level 16. So you can use this. If you use API 16 or above use setBackground method. – Shashika Dec 18 '13 at 09:22

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 18 '13 at 09:49

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For API 1-15 use

view.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);

For API 16 & above use

viw.setBackground(drawable);

answered Dec 18 '13 at 09:49

CR Sardar

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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As explained in the POST by @hasanghaforian,

You can get the resource ID using the "getIdentifier" with the following code:

int resID = getResources().getIdentifier("org.anddev.android.testproject:drawable/bug", null, null);

OR

int resID = getResources().getIdentifier("bug", "drawable", "org.anddev.android.testproject");

where,

bug.png is the file in "/res/drawable/".

Then you can use layout.setBackgroundResource(resID).

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered Dec 18 '13 at 09:57

sjain

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as we are dynamically creating **drawable** we don't know it's name, which in this case is "bug". – ZZeyaNN Dec 18 '13 at 10:25

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